1. Listen to the Radio Lab podcast titled, "Symmetry".
2. Watch the video titled "Symmetry".
3. Journal Entry: Write a reflection describing your insight into one of the images seen in the video, "Symmetry".
4. Write a poem that uses a symmetrical concrete structure and focuses on a symmetrical subject.
5. Post the final draft of your symmetrical poem on your wiki page.
Sample of a Symmetrical Poem
Symmetry
Evenly distributed…both sides the same
Balanced in harmony…comfortable and tame
Pictures of like-kind…similar borders
Symptom of obsessive compulsive disorders
True mirrored images…identical in sight
Top matching bottom…left matching right
Perfectly squared…no added component
“Peas in a pod”…indistinguishable moment
Life in a straight line…not bent or curved
Wary of changes…conformity preserved
Product of planning…time is well-spent
Resulting perfection…rating of “mint”
Poetry verses…that must always rhyme
Clear syncopation…ev-er-y time
’til a poet’s spirit…is touched in a way
that
…form is ignored
…words take their shape
…structure is dismissed
…ideas are championed
and
…a new poem is born.
Symmetry Poem
Assignment:
1. Listen to the Radio Lab podcast titled, "Symmetry".2. Watch the video titled "Symmetry".
3. Journal Entry: Write a reflection describing your insight into one of the images seen in the video, "Symmetry".
4. Write a poem that uses a symmetrical concrete structure and focuses on a symmetrical subject.
5. Post the final draft of your symmetrical poem on your wiki page.
Sample of a Symmetrical Poem
Symmetry
Evenly distributed…both sides the same
Balanced in harmony…comfortable and tame
Pictures of like-kind…similar borders
Symptom of obsessive compulsive disorders
True mirrored images…identical in sight
Top matching bottom…left matching right
Perfectly squared…no added component
“Peas in a pod”…indistinguishable moment
Life in a straight line…not bent or curved
Wary of changes…conformity preserved
Product of planning…time is well-spent
Resulting perfection…rating of “mint”
Poetry verses…that must always rhyme
Clear syncopation…ev-er-y time
’til a poet’s spirit…is touched in a way
that
…form is ignored
…words take their shape
…structure is dismissed
…ideas are championed
and
…a new poem is born.